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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2507"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2507 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fish & Wildlife", "Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e97da209d0265f7d336920afa72b1f4084a910b235cfe415bbd993e8aef937cf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2507 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Removes the requirement that hunting and fishing licenses may be issued only by town and city clerks.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2507.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **330** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **680** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b7857e-a51e-4ff1-8cf2-ecb35adffdc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).